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And if some of his biggest boosters have their way, the country music icon will achieve his 60th No. 1 hit while he's still 60.

“Sixty for Sixty” is a movement started last month by Strait fans, who rallied together on Strait's Twitter and Facebook pages encouraging country radio programmers to meet the challenge and spin the legendary singer's latest single, “Give It All We Got Tonight.”

Their efforts seem to be working. “Give It All We Got Tonight” is the fastest certified gold single of Strait's career and is now in the top 15 on country radio charts.

“Sixty for Sixty” has even drawn the attention of many contemporary country music superstars. Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Kacey Musgraves and Scotty McCreery, along with South Carolina natives Darius Rucker and Josh Turner, are among the celebrities featured in a new video in support of the cause. To view the video or learn more about the movement, visit

http://sixtyforsixty.com/.

When Strait takes the stage Friday at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, he is sure to perform “Give It All We Got Tonight,” the first single from his forthcoming album, “Love Is Everything,” which will be released May 14.

The sold-out concert is part of his The Cowboy Rides Away Tour, which Strait has said will be his final major outing.

In homage to the “Sixty for Sixty” movement, here are 60 interesting tidbits about Strait:

1. Has more No. 1 hits (59) than any other single artist in history, in any genre

2. The only artist in music history to achieve at least one Top 10 hit each year for 30-plus consecutive years

3. The only artist who has had 85 out of 90 radio singles reach the Top 10 and 24 albums make it to No. 1 on Billboard's Country Music Album Chart

4. Has sold more than 68.5 million albums in the U.S.

5. Third only to Elvis Presley and the Beatles for the most gold and platinum albums in the history of music

6. With 33 different platinum or multiplatinum albums, has earned the second most certifications of any artist in any genre, trailing only Presley

7. His “Live” video was certified platinum in 1989, the first video by a country artist to do so.

8. In 2006, became the second artist, after Eddy Arnold, to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame while still actively recording chart-topping hits and albums

9. Received the National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush in 2003

10. Won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album (“Troubadour”) in 2009

11. Received a Dove Award nomination for “I Saw God Today” in 2009

12. His 22 Country Music Association Awards are the most in history.

13. Five-time winner of CMA Male Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year

14. Named Entertainer of the Year by CMA in 1989 and 1990 and by the Academy of Country Music in 1989

15. Has won 16 ACM Awards, including Top Male Vocalist five times

16. Named ACM Artist of the Decade in 2009

17. Actor Jamie Foxx sang Strait's 1983 classic, “You Look So Good in Love,” during the ACM Artist of the Decade concert.

18. Referenced by rapper Drake in the Grammy-nominated 2012 hit “HYFR,” which contains the line “all my exes live in Texas like I'm George Strait”

19. In 2009, sold out one of the largest entertainment venues in the world, Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, in less than an hour

20. The George Strait Country Music Festival, which ran from 1998 to 2001, is the most successful country stadium tour of all time.

21. Has been on the cover of Country Weekly more than 80 times, the most of any artist in the magazine's 18-year history

22. His backing band, Ace in the Hole, formed in 1975 and still includes multiple original members and others who have played in the group for 20-plus years.

23. Made a brief appearance with Ace in the Hole in a 1982 film called “The Soldier”

24. Starred as a character named Dusty Chandler in the 1992 film “Pure Country”

25. Voiced a trucker named Cornell in an episode of the animated TV series, “King of the Hill,” in 2003

26. Has recorded more than a dozen songs by former Due West resident Jim Lauderdale, including “Lead On,” “We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This” and “I Gotta Get to You”

27. Co-wrote his No. 1 hit, “Here for a Good Time,” with his son Bubba and legendary songwriter Dean Dillon

28. Recorded “Fly Me to the Moon” as a duet with Frank Sinatra in 1994

29. Graduated from Southwest Texas State University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture

30. Received an honorary doctorate degree from his alma mater, now known as Texas State University-San Marcos, in 2006

31. Enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1971 and was honorably discharged in 1975; served as a payroll clerk in Hawaii and sang in an Army band

32. Has partnered with the Military Warriors Support Foundation to award a 100 percent mortgage-free home to a combat wounded hero at each venue on his current tour

33. Went behind bars to play the Huntsville (Texas) Prison Rodeo in 1985

34. His nicknames are “King George” and “The King of Country.”

35. Born in Poteet, Texas, and raised in Pearsall, Texas

36. A fourth-generation Texas rancher

37. His middle name is Harvey.

38. Has been married to his wife, Norma, since 1971

39. Became a grandfather last year when his son's wife gave birth to George Harvey Strait III

40. Lost his 13-year-old daughter Jenifer in 1986 when she was killed in a car crash; the family operates a foundation in her memory to help children's charities in San Antonio.

41. Has hosted the George Strait Team Roping Classic in San Antonio each year since 1982

42. Competes with his son Bubba in other roping events throughout the country

43. An avid golfer and co-owner of the Resort at Tapatio Springs in Boerne, Texas

44. “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and “Jeopardy” have used George Strait trivia as the basis for multiple questions.

45. Has been signed to MCA Records throughout his entire three-decade recording career

46. His first hit was “Unwound,” which reached No. 6 in 1981.

47. His first No. 1 hit was “Fool Hearted Memory” in 1982.

48. “Love Without End, Amen” was his first hit to be No. 1 for multiple weeks, topping the charts for five weeks in 1990.

49. Appeared on an episode of “Hee Haw” in 1983, performing “Amarillo by Morning” and “A Fire I Can't Put Out”

50. Was a guest performer on “The Perry Como Christmas Special” in 1986

51. For the 10th season finale of “American Idol” in 2011, selected “Check Yes or No” to be performed by eventual winner Scotty McCreery

52. Is a spokesman for Cavender Chevrolet, an automobile dealership in Boerne, Texas

53. Has a line of western shirts and jeans by Wrangler, cowboy hats by Resistol and cowboy boots by Justin

54. Paid tribute to country music legend Lefty Frizzell in a 1985 song called “Lefty's Gone”

55. Performed “I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool” with Martina McBride during a CMA Awards show tribute to Barbara Mandrell in 2009

56. Sang “Murder on Music Row” with Alan Jackson during the CMA Awards show in 1999

57. The studio version of “Murder on Music Row” reached No. 38 on the Billboard Hot Country chart despite never being released as a single.

58. Has also recorded duets with Patty Loveless, Lee Ann Womack, Kenny Chesney and Jimmy Buffett

59. His March 17 concert set the Reliant Stadium and Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo paid attendance record at 80,020.